Galapagos Species Database
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Chinavia viridans
Chinche verde, Green stink bug
Phytophagous. Distribution in arid to pampa zones. February-June, August.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Pentatomoidea
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Chinavia
Species
viridans
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acrosternum viridans (Stål, 1859);
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Barber, H.G (1925) Hemiptera - Heteroptera from the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(21): 241-254.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Schwertner, C.F. (2005) Filogenia e classificação dos percevejos-verdes do grupo Nezara Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Pentanominae). [Tesis]. Porto Alegre: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chinavia viridans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18552. Accessed 1 November 2026.